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Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at 94; original 'Dear Abby'
Dear Abby: "What would you do with a man who refuses to use a deodorant, seldom bathes, and doesn't even own a toothbrush?" "Absolutely nothing," she replied. The wry answer from Abigail Van Buren — the pen name of Pauline Friedman Phillips...
Tags: Abortion, June Allyson, John F. Kennedy, Jeanne Phillips, Human Interest
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'Dear Abby' advice columnist Pauline Phillips dies at 94
L.A. NOWPauline Friedman Phillips, who as Abigail Van Buren -- "Dear Abby" — for more than 40 years dispensed advice to newspaper readers worldwide on everything from snoring spouses to living wills, has died. She was 94.... -
'Dear Abby' author Pauline Phillips has died at 94
Pauline Friedman Phillips, who wrote the "Dear Abby" advice column for decades using the name Abigail Van Buren, died Wednesday in Minneapolis at age 94. She had been afflicted with Alzheimer's. Her advice columns were collected in a number of books,...
Tags: Reviews, Alzheimer's Disease, Jeanne Phillips, Advice Columns and Columnists, Pauline Friedman Phillips
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Matt Weinstock, Dec. 30, 1960
The Daily MirrorDec. 30, 1960: âThe Quietest Room in Townâ is the sort of piece, like âPlease God, Iâm Only 17,â that used to appear regularly in newspapers to encourage safe driving. Matt Weinstock says: Former newsman Darr Smith recalls interviewing Clark....... -
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Children and Proposition 8 | The law and Proposition 8 | Mormons and Proposition 8 | Ann Landers and Proposition 8 | 'Biology, not bigotry'
Children and Proposition 8 At school and on sports practice...Tags: Religious Texts, Referenda, Politics, Discrimination, Local Government
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'The Lady With All the Answers'
Theater Critic"The Lady With All the Answers" -- the solo show about advice columnist Ann Landers, which opened Friday at Pasadena Playhouse -- tries to make a virtue out of innocuousness. A breezy encounter with the Midwestern bouffant of syndicated fame, the piece...Tags: Death, Car Guides and Reviews, Jeanne Phillips, Periodicals, Chicago Sun-Times
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Savage Love: Double-Crossed
A friend of mine on the opposite coast is a crossdresser considering transitioning. He came out to a female friend he had known for a long time but hadn't seen in a while, and she told her that she wanted her to come to her house fully dressed for some...
Tags: Obituaries, Reviews, Chicago Tribune, Jeanne Phillips, Gays and Lesbians
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'Dear Abby' advice columnist Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at age 94
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running "Dear Abby" advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the world, has died. She was 94. Publicist Gene...Tags: Religious Texts, Reviews, Newspaper and Magazine, Jeanne Phillips, Viagra (drug)
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RIP 'Dear Abby'
Pauline Phillips, more popularly known as "Dear Abby," the internationally famous advice columnist for nearly 50 years, just passed away. I think she was so successful as an advice columnist because she kept up with the changing times (she realized that...Tags: Reviews, Periodicals, Pauline Friedman Phillips, Advice Columns and Columnists
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An attack on free speech
Washington Post Writers GroupRALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is giving Steve Cooksey some choices. He can stop speaking. Or he can get a Ph.D. in nutrition, or a medical degree, or a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and then pass an examination after completing a 900-hour...Tags: Diabetes, Low Fat Diet, Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Advice Columns and Columnists
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Missing Mary Meade's 7-minute frosting
Q: We are looking for a receipt out of this cookbook that one received when ordering the Chicago Tribune from the late 50s. We would like the name of the book as well as the receipt. The frosting was cooked and then beaten to form peaks. Light and...
Tags: Marshmallows, Frosting and Icing, Chicago Tribune, Religion and Belief, Advice Columns and Columnists
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'Life Itself': Ebert autobiography a charming remembrance
In his easygoing, candid and altogether charming autobiography, or, as he calls it, "Life Itself: A Memoir," Roger Ebert fails to mention me: The nights he and I had many drinks on the porch of his house on Dickens Street and elsewhere, the favorable in-...Tags: Ingmar Bergman, Lee Marvin, Richard Roeper, WTTW, Sex Pistols (music group)
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